Why will it
> be zero space in the first, double space in the second and one space in 
> the third example?

Because by default white-space-only text nodes are stripped off by the MSXML 
parser and do not reach the XSLT processor.

In the second case you have 
 followed by a NL -- this is no longer a 
white-space-only text node and it is parsed successfully (not stripped). 
Then, when output by the msxml xslt processor, the browser displays both 

 and NL as spaces.

> I would like to do it like example2 since I will also add logic if fields 
> are empty etc (don't want to add a space if a field is empty) but I don't 
> want two spaces between the values.
>

then use:

<xsl:text>&#160;</xsl:text>



"Hans" <hans@n...> wrote in message 
news:%23hptzGpQGHA.4608@t......
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to do an XML-->HTML transformation using XSL (presnting the 
> report in IE). I have a question about whitespace/linefeeds.
> If I in my xsl file have the following:
>
> <!--Example 1 -->
> <xsl:value-of select="Address"/>
> <xsl:value-of select="Zipcode"/>
> <xsl:value-of select="City"/>
> <xsl:value-of select="Country"/>
>
> all values are presented in one line without any spaces (or linefeeds).
>
> If I add a &nbsp; the space is doubled between values (still on one line)
>
> <!--Example 2 -->
> <xsl:value-of select="Address"/>&#160;
> <xsl:value-of select="Zipcode"/>&#160;
> <xsl:value-of select="City"/>&#160;
> <xsl:value-of select="Country"/>&#160;
>
>
> However if I put all in one line like
> <!--Example 3 -->
> <xsl:value-of select="Address"/>&#160;<xsl:value-of 
> select="Zipcode"/>&#160;<xsl:value-of select="City"/>&#160;<xsl:value-of 
> select="Country"/>&#160;
>
> there is just one space between the values which is what I want. Why will 
> it be zero space in the first, double space in the second and one space in 
> the third example?
>
> I would like to do it like example2 since I will also add logic if fields 
> are empty etc (don't want to add a space if a field is empty) but I don't 
> want two spaces between the values.
>
> Regards
> /Hans
>
>